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1
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What is a verb?

A

A verb expresses an action or a state of being.

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Why are verbs important?

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The verb says things about the subject of the sentence.
The verb might say what the subject does.
The verb might express the subject’s state of being.

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What is an action verb?

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Verb that expresses physical or mental action.

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What is a linking verb?

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Verb that expresses a state of being. It connects the subject of a sentence with a word in the predicate that explains or describes the subject.

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What are examples of LV conjugated from ‘to be’?

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am, is are, was, were, has/have/had been, shall/will be, may/might/can/should be, would have been

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What are some other linking verbs?

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appear, look, sound, become, remain, stay, feel, seem, taste, grow, smell, turn

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Can some verbs be both AV and LV?

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Yes, depending on the context of the sentence

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What is a verb tense joke?

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The past, the present, and the future walked into a room. It was tense.

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What are the 3 verb tenses?

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Past, present, future

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How do you transform a regular verb to past tense?

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Add -d or -ed

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How do you transform a regular verb to present tense?

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YOU DON’T! Present tense is the main form of the word

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How do you transform a regular verb to future tense?

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Add will- to the front of it

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What are the principle parts of verbs?

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Base form
Present participle
Past
Past participle

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How do you make a base form verb?

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To + verb

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How do you make a present participle verb?

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Is + verb+ing

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How do you make a past verb?

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Verb+ed

17
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How do you make a past participle verb?

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Have/has + verb+ed

18
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What is conjugation?

A

Breaking a verb into its separate forms

19
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What is SV-A?

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The subject and the verb must go together/fit

20
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What is a regular verb?

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Forms its past and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the base form. In other words, regular verbs follow a pattern

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What are some examples of regular verbs?

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Talk, jump, travel, consider, receive, shop, look

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What is an irregular verb?

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Forms its past and past participle in some other way than by adding -d or -ed to the base form. In other words, irregular verbs do not follow a pattern

23
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What are some examples of irregular verbs?

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Drive, speak, run, go, begin, see, come

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What is a main verb?

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Describe main action of the sentence

25
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What is a helping verb?

A

Help understand the main verb

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What are some examples of main verbs?

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am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, do, does, did, will, would, shall, should, can, could, may, might, must

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